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Edward Elgar

Also known as Edward William Elgar

English composer (1857-1934)

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Edward Elgar (1857–1934) was a British composer and conductor whose work falls within the classical and symphonic genres. Born in Lower Broadheath, he was a student of Adolf Pollitzer. Elgar is recognized for notable works including Salut d'Amour, Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, and The Dream of Gerontius. His other compositions include Caractacus, The Apostles (op. 49), and Nimrod, from "The enigma variations".

He held the noble title of baronet and was a recipient of the Order of Merit. Elgar was a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was married to Caroline Alice Elgar.

Elgar died of colorectal cancer in Worcester. His death was attributed to natural causes.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1857
Died: 1934
Works: 136

Top works

[Libretto sketches for The Kingdom]
[Libretto sketches for The Apostles]
Elgar festival
The music makers, and Caractacus
The Apostles (op. 49)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1857
Active to: 1934

britishbritish composerchoral symphonyclassicalcomposerconcerto

Discography

Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 294,677
Total plays: 1,504,950

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,958x
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,577x
The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,799x
Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,547x
THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
· 1963 · cited 18,994x

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Quotes

“My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.”
“To my friends pictured within.”
“The enigma I will not explain – its "dark saying" must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.”
“I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward – I ask for no reward – only to live & to hear my work.”
“People who talk of the spread of music in England and the increasing love of it, rarely seem to know where the growth of the art is really strong and properly fostered: some day the press will awake to the fact, already known abroad and to some few of us in England, that the living centre of music in Great Britain is not London, but somewhere further North.”
“Play it like something you hear down by the river.”

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Edward Elgar, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Elgar, c. 1900 Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (/ˈɛlɡɑːr/ ; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.

Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe. He felt himself to be an outsider, not only musically, but socially. In musical circles dominated by academics, he was a self-taught composer; in Protestant Britain, his Roman Catholicism was regarded with suspicion in some quarters; and in the class-conscious society of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, he was acutely sensitive about his humble origins even after he achieved recognition. He nevertheless married the daughter of a senior British Army officer. She inspired him both musically and socially, but he struggled to achieve success until his forties, when after a series of moderately successful works his Enigma Variations (1899) became immediately popular in Britain and overseas. He followed the Variations with a choral work, The Dream of Gerontius (1900), based on a Roman Catholic text that caused some disquiet in the Anglican establishment in Britain, but it became, and has remained, a core repertory work in Britain and elsewhere. His later full-length religious choral works were well received but have not entered the regular repertory.

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Edward Elgar